title: A survivin specific T-cell clone from a breast cancer patient display universal tumor cell lysis.
abstract: Survivin is an attractive candidate for cancer immunotherapy since it is overexpressed in most common human cancers, poorly expressed in most normal adult tissues and is essential for cancer cell survival. Previously, we and others have demonstrated that survivin-specific immune responses are present in cancer patients. However, a significant limitation of these findings has been that antigen-specific lysis of tumors was achieved using polyclonal T-cell lines rather than a specific T-cell clone. In the present study we isolated and expanded a survivin specific cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) clone from the peripheral blood of a cancer patient. The survivin specific CTL clone efficiently lysed a large panel of tumor cells of different origin, i.e., breast cancer, colon cancer and melanoma cells. The data support the notion that survivin may serve as a universal target antigen for anti-cancer immunotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Cancer Immune Therapy (CCIT), Department of Hematology, Herlev University Hospital, Herlev, Denmark.
authors.forename: Rikke Baek
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Sørensen
authors.forename: Inge Marie
authors.initials: IM
authors.lastname: Svane
authors.forename: Per Thor
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Straten
authors.forename: Mads Hald
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Andersen
mesh_terms: D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology*; D016923:Cell Death / Q000276:immunology; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002999:Clone Cells / Q000473:pathology; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007167:Immunotherapy / Q000379:methods*; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D008545:Melanoma / Q000276:immunology / Q000473:pathology; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology* / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D000077022:Survivin; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000276:immunology*
chemical_list: C107489:BIRC5 protein, human; D051034:Inhibitor of Apoptosis Proteins; D008869:Microtubule-Associated Proteins; D000077022:Survivin